should also be noted that every decision involves 6) __________.

A.clu

B.federation

C.organization

D.community

Section B

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.

Should a university graduate with a computer science degree seek a position in a large, possibly multinational company or in a smaller organization？

Advice on this was divided, although the pros and cons (正反两方面的理由) are fairly clear. If you join a small company, you can get a clearer all-around picture of how business works and gain experience in many fields. If you join a large organization, you can benefit from its in-house training programs and form. experience gained by working on large projects.

Vigrom Chaisinthop is TN Information Systems managing director. He said that by joining a big organization, a graduate would get experience on projects working with teams of 50 to 60 people. This would provide good experience in learning how to do a big project.

However, if they were to join a smaller company, they would have more opportunity to explore more areas, possibly spanning both hardware and programming. This might allow a person to be more creative.

Compaq managing director Kongkiet Washington said he believed that it would be more beneficial to work for a smaller company. He said that graduates would like to see many aspects of a business and be able to understand "the big picture". He also suggested that a graduate should start with an established organization, so that he can learn about process and discipline for at least three to five years.

But whether big or small, TN's Vigrom noted that half of all graduates would not make their decision based on this question alone. Parents who tended to favor state enterprises from a job security standpoint also had a large say in the choice.

People have divided opinions about ______.

A．the benefits a big company provides to graduates

B．the advantages a small company offers to graduates

C．whether graduates should work for a large or a small company

D．whether graduates can gain different experience

m have died.

But doctors say evidence also shows there is no reason for persons to become terrified by the disease. The AIDS virus is spread during sex with an infected partner, or by infected blood. But doctors say their studies show the disease is not spread through normal, close social activities.

A study by one research team was printed in the New England Journal of Medicine. The doctors studied one-hundred-one family members who lived with AIDS and lived in crowded conditions. The family members shared many personal goods with the patients. These included toothbrushes, drinking glasses, beds, towels and toilets.

Doctors said only one family member—a five-year-old girl—got the AIDS virus. They note, however, that the girl's mother had the disease. They believe the girl probably was born with the virus. No other family member in the study got the AIDS virus or showed any signs of the disease.

The head of the study, Gerald Friedland, said if the disease is not easily spread in crowded homes, it also will not spread easily in factories, offices, schools and other public places. (67) Doctor Friedland said the study also shows there is no reason to punish AIDS patients and to force them to live separately from other persons.

American health officials recently warned, however, that some health care workers should take special care. The report noted the AIDS virus is carried in blood and other body fluids. It said health care workers should put protective covers over their eyes and skin during medical operations, dental work, or other times when the patient may bleed.

(68)In the United States, most AIDS patients are homosexual people, people taking drugs, people who used infected needles, and persons who received infected blood. More recent studies show the AIDS virus also can be spread during heterosexual(异性的)relations. It can spread either from the man to the woman, or from the woman to the man.

Doctors say there is no reason for people to be frightened about AIDS because______.

A．it is not deadly

B．few people are infected with AIDS

C．the AIDS virus is not spread in everyday social activities

D．the AIDS virus is not spread during sex

Task 1

Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should make the correct choice.

The Shichahai Area in Beijing is one of the favorite haunts of foreigners in the capital. Covering a total area of 146.7 hectares(公顷，=104平方米), it includes three lakes named Qianhai, Houhai and Xihai. The area is covered by water and lush greenery. Shichahai is the largest among 30 approved historical and cultural protected areas in Beijing. Also, it is a unique area with great tourism resources and development potential.

Many Hutongs and Siheyuans, two traditional Chinese residential areas, less seen in present Beijing, are situated there. They are well protected and have been regarded to be a cultural asset(财产) to the city.

The residences have maintained the lifestyle. and many folk activities of Old Beijing. The area boasts(包含) a concentration of many historical and cultural relics(遗迹), residences of famous people, abundant natural scenery and folk buildings.

Shichahai combine Old Beijing with modern foreign living styles. It is noted for the concentration of bars on its boardwalk in the Lotus Lane, a business block. Bars there have attracted many white-collar city dwellers and foreigners. The spectacular harmony of traditional Chinese culture and foreign influences in the bars propel many foreigners to go every week.

What should be the best title for the passage？

A．The Most Famous Area in Beijing.

B．The Most Favorite Place for White-collar Dwellers.

C．Shichahai Mingles Different Cultures.

D．Shichahai—the Unique Area with Bars.

efereeing decisions that denied victory to their team. A researcher was appointed to study the performance of some top referees.

The researcher organized an experimental tournament involving four youth teams. Each match lasted an hour, divided into three periods of 20 minutes during which different referees were in charge.

Observers noted down the referees' errors, of which there were 61 over the tournament. Converted to a standard match of 90 minutes, each referee made almost 23 mistakes, a remarkably high number.

The researcher then studied the videotapes to analyse the matches in detail. Surprisingly, he found that errors were more likely when the referees were close to the incident. When the officials got it right, they were, on average, 17 meters away from the action. The average distance in the case of errors was 12 meters. The research shows the optimum distance is about 20 meters.

There also seemed to be an optimum speed. Correct decisions came when the referees were moving at a speed of about 2 meters per second. The average speed for errors was 4 meters per second.

If FIFA, football's international ruling body, wants to improve the standard of refereeing at the next World Cup, it should encourage referees to keep their eyes on the action from a distance, rather than rushing to keep up with the ball, the researcher argues.

He also says that FIFA's insistence that referees should retire at age 45 may be misguided. If keeping up with the action is not so important, their physical condition is less critical.

The experiment conducted by the researcher was meant to ______.

A．review the decisions of referees at the 1998 World Cup

B．analyse the causes of errors made by football referees

C．set a standard of football refereeing

D．reexamine the rules for football refereeing

interested in why some things make you sad, but others make you happy. They want to know why some people are shy, but others are quite talkative. They want to know why people do the thing that they do. They also test intelligence.

Psychologists deal with the mind and behavior. of people. Your mind consists of all your feelings, thoughts and ideas. It is the result of one part of the brain called the cerebrum. Your behavior. is the way you act or conduct yourself. Examples of behavior. include shouting, crying, laughing and sleeping.

Several people have been instrumental in the field of psychology. Whihelm Wundt set up the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig, Germany, in 1879. Ivan Pavlov, a Russian, is noted for his experiments with dogs in which he studies their reflexes(反射)and reactions. Around 1900, Sigmund Freud, stated his theory that people try to repress (control, hide) memories or thoughts that they believe were not good.

Psychologists should not be confused with psychiatrists who deal with mental illness. They are medical doctors who treat people.

This passage is mainly about ______.

A．studying the mind

B．memories and people

C．famous psychologists

D．the study of mental illness

Covering a total area of 146.7 hectares(公顷，=104平方米), it includes three lakes named Qianhai, Houhai and Xihai. The area is covered by water and lush greenery. Shichahai is the largest among 30 approved historical and cultural protected areas in Beijing. Also, it is a unique area with great tourism resources and development potential.

Many Hutongs and Siheyuans, two traditional Chinese residential areas, less seen in present Beijing, are situated there. They are well protected and have been regarded to be a cultural asset(财产) to the city.

The residences have maintained the lifestyle. and many folk activities of Old Beijing. The area boasts(包含) a concentration of many historical and cultural relics(遗迹), residences of famous people, abundant natural scenery and folk buildings.

Shichahai combine Old Beijing with modern foreign living styles. It is noted for the concentration of bars on its boardwalk in the Lotus Lane, a business block. Bars there have attracted many white-collar city dwellers and foreigners. The spectacular harmony of traditional Chinese culture and foreign influences in the bars propel many foreigners to go every week.

What should be the best title for the passage？

A．The Most Famous Area in Beijing.

B．The Most Favorite Place for White-collar Dwellers.

C．Shichahai Mingles Different Cultures.

D．Shichahai—the Unique Area with Bars.

mally taught in schools and to non-native speakers learning the language. It is also the variety which is normally【C1】______by educated people and used in news broadcasts and other【C2】______situations. The difference between standard and nonstandard, it should be noted, has【C3】______in principle to do with differences between formal and colloquial【C4】______; standard English has colloquial as well as formal variants.

【C5】______, the standard variety of English is based on the London【C6】______of English that developed after the Norman Conquest resulted in the removal of the Court from Winchester to London. This dialect became the one【C7】______by the educated, and it was developed and promoted【C8】______a model, or norm, for wider and wider segments of society. It was also the【C9】______that was carried overseas, but not one unaffected by such export. Today,【C10】______English is arranged to the extent that the grammar and vocabulary of English are【C11】______the same everywhere in the world where English is used;【C12】______among local standards is really quite minor,【C13】______the Singapore, South Africa, and Irish varieties are really very【C14】______different from one another so far as grammar and vocabulary are【C15】______. Indeed, Standard English is so powerful that it exerts a tremendous【C16】______on all local varieties, to the extent that many of long-established dialects of England have【C17】______much of their vigor(活力)and there is considerable pressure on them to be【C18】______. This latter situation is not unique【C19】______English. it is also true in other countries where processes of standardization are【C20】______. But it sometimes creates problems for speakers who try to strike some kind of compromise between local norms and national, even supranational(跨国的)ones.

【C1】

A．said

B．told

C．talked

D．spoken

听力原文： Computer users are advised to adopt good computing practices to keep their computer virus-free. "Protecting our computers against virus attacks is very important nowadays when computers are commonly and widely used in our home and offices." said a spokesman for the Information Technology Services Department (ITSD).

"Typical payload of computer virus can range from cresting annoyances such as affecting the mouse, keyboard or other computer functions, to more destuctive actions like modifying or deleting files, or exposing secret information from the hard disk of the victim's computer." Some computer virus may format the hard disk to corrupt all data stored inside the computer.

"Besides, there are also computer viruses that will create mass mailing or scanning traffic not only to turn infected computers into a platform. for launching further attacks to other computers, but also to consume mailbox storage and network bandwidth."

"As a result, the network and computer systems will be overloaded and the normal operation of the network and computer systems will be seriously affected." said the spokesman.

He noted that the impact was particularly singnificant due to the current highly interconnected computer notwork environment." To avoid such inconveniences and losses, we should take effective computing practices to prevent our computers from virus infections .In fact, such practices are simple and easy." said the spokesman.

(33)

A．Computers are commonly and widely used in home and offices nowadays.

B．Computers are easily to be attacked.

C．Adopting good computing practices is a good advice to protect the computer.

D．The viruses are too fearful, computer is not safe any more.